SBS Home “Although people have reflected on behavior since antiquity, technological innovations allow SBS researchers to use new methods to study people. These new technologies combined with rigorous qualitative and quantitative techniques, produce results that define humans from a holistic perspective. ”
— Edward Donnerstein
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Tucson, Arizona 85721
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Message from Dean Donnerstein
Welcome to Insight.
I am often asked what research we do in SBS. This brochure is an attempt to answer that question. We have grouped the research in our college into seven themes. Now this is by no means a comprehensive list of our research, but hopefully it will illuminate the complexity and usefulness of our work. The themes range from “micro“ issues such as brain and language processes to “macro“ issues such as international relations. The end result is a holistic, interdisciplinary examination of people and society.
Sincerely,
Edward Donnerstein, Ph.D., Dean,
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences,
The University of Arizona
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) is the largest college at The University of Arizona.
• We have more than 8,000 students.
• We teach more than 50% of the general education courses.
• SBS has six departments ranked in the top 20 in the country.
• We have 10 Regents’ Professors.
• SBS has research grants from more than 75 agencies.
• In 2005, SBS received more than 240 grants (totaling more than $38 million), in which there was at least one lead researcher from SBS.
The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences focuses on understanding human beings, the groups they form, and the societies and cultures they create.
The research in SBS links to all other disciplines. Researchers in SBS engage in extensive cross-campus collaboration with colleagues in such colleges as Public Health, Law, Medicine, Education, Science, and Agriculture and Life Sciences.
“The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences is home to some of our most prestigious scholars. The study of philosophy, anthropology, history, and other disciplines in this college helps us understand who we are as human beings, how we perceive each other, how we define our moral and political landscapes, and how we decide the fabric of our existence here on this planet.“
- Robert N. Shelton, Ph.D., President, The University of Arizona
“The College of SBS is replete with highly, nationally ranked programs. The rankings are an expression of faculty excellence in research and scholarship, and the beauty of SBS is that this excellence becomes seamless in the education and training of students. SBS is making fundamental contributions to understanding and advancing modern society, with clear emphasis on interdisciplinary and global perspectives.“
“Research into people, their minds and motivations, and the social networks they form promises to help light the path as societies move forward. At the UA, scholars in SBS lead the way in interdisciplinary exploration of a broad range of topics, from microscopic circuits in the brain to international epidemics and global change. Their work provides us, in ever more depth, an important understanding of ourselves and our social fabric.“
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